Stephen (Hrsg.) Graham

Disrupted Cities

When Infrastructure Fails

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Bringing together some of the leading researchers from geography, political science, sociology, public policy and technology studies, this book exposes the politics of well-known disruptions such as devastation of New Orleans in 2005, the global SARS outbreak in 2002-3, and the great power collapse in the North Eastern US in 2003.

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-415-99178-0
EAN: 9780415991780
Produktnummer: 23085410
Verlag: Taylor and Francis
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Seitenangabe: 196 S.
Masse: H23.7 cm x B19.2 cm x D1.7 cm 544 g
Abbildungen: Farb., s/w. Abb.
Gewicht: 544

Über den Autor

Stephen Graham is Professor of Human Geography at Durham University in the UK. He has a background in urbanism, planning and the sociology of technology. His research addresses the complex intersections between urban places, mobilities, technology, war, surveillance and geopolitics. He is Academic Director of the International Boundaries Research Unit (IBRU) and Associate Director of the Centre for the Study of Cities and Regions (CSCR), both at Durham. His books include Telecommunications and the City, Splintering Urbanism (both with Simon Marvin), the Cybercities Reader, and Cities, War and Terrorism. His latest book, Cities Under Siege: The New Military Urbanism, will be published by Verso in Summer 2009.